To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (47257 ) 5/14/2002 1:19:22 PM From: Neocon Read Replies (2) | Respond to What are my ethical obligations in this matter? I am urging no particular course of action, Poet is well- protected on the SMBR, when she comes back, and I have condemned those elements of Chris's behavior that I was pretty confident constituted misbehavior. I have declined from condemning Chris merely on Poet's say- so, without being in a position to evaluate the facts myself. I am not the thread sheriff, I am not his judge, and I am certainly not the executioner. I have given an honest assessment of the data presented to me, with occasional revision. In the matter of YYB, anyone who doesn't know that she has been one of the crudest flamers on SI, and especially this thread, is simply ignorant, and anyone who seriously thought that Chris was insinuating a PM relationship either did not get the context, or is kind of dull- witted. In the matter of the blackmail, sorry, but I took the surrounding commentary to seriously, at first. Reading the links you give, it is pretty evidently not blackmail, but exasperation at having to assume all of the responsibility, and all of the restrictions. I have seen nothing overt to warrant the kind of ostracism and nattering lectures that Chris has been getting, and I cannot judge PMs that are beyond my examination. I have seen occasional behavior that might warrant remonstrance, and that is about it. But I can understand why Chris doesn't like the idea of having his board participation dictated beyond what is available to Poet already, e.g., the use of the Ignore button, and perhaps a ban on purely personal allusion. Even if he behaved badly, if he had grounds to be angry at Poet for putting him wholly in the wrong and enlisting help to limit his ability to participate in SI, that would be mitigating. Anyway, under the circumstance, I do not feel that my duty is to shun Christopher, or even to be especially belligerent......
